digging for treasure

I admit I am not the best gardner. My family all seem quite adept at gardening- my aunty and my mum have beautiful gardens. The talent seems to have  bypassed me, plants seem fated to die when they are brought into my home. I have one house plant which has been going for three years. It was doing well, I swear it was thriving for at least two years. Our lemon tree has been with us for two years and is a sickly little thing, that refuses to die, although it looks like it has. I try loving them, then ignoring them, feeding them, talking to them, but alas they do not tend to thrive. I have killed so many herb plants (oh, so many!). But continue to buy them with the dream of not having to buy herbs in the weekly shop.

I have however discovered a plant which seems not only easy to grow, but also fun. The humble potato! Some old potatoes were left outside to green and then planted in our little veggie patch. After three months some brand new potatoes were unburied. It was just like digging for gold!

So now, we have homegrown potatoes of various sizes to turn into a yummy meal.

Ah, sweet success, maybe I can be a good gardner after all. (I just won't mention that it was mum who planted the potatoes while I was in the hospital!)

At the moment

I am learning to move at a slower pace and enjoy the moment.
I am trying to let go of things that are just not that important.
I am learning about and from my baby and letting him lead the way.
I am changing nappies, feeding, comforting and when not doing that staring at a gorgeous boy.
I am amazed at how cute Artie's first laugh was, the other day in the bath- making this mamma's heart melt.
I am spending hours dancing and bouncing and jiggling away to ease his new baby tummy pains.

A lot has been happening

But I haven't been blogging! I blame the millions of photos I have that make loading any new ones onto my computer a slow and tedious process. However yesterday I spent a few hours cleaning my computer of old files and storing some of the photos on disc and now the computer is running a little better, so no excuses! I need to prepare for the millions of baby photos which I am sure will soon grace the blog!

Things are starting to look ready for a baby around here. We have bought everything we can think of needing for now and have started organising and cleaning in preparation. We are just waiting on the crib we ordered to come in. I definitely have the nesting bug and am forever finding new things to scrub, even the doorknobs haven't escaped my frenzy!

The spare room/ baby room has an amazing bed in it for guests. See the stripy box, it has a bed folded up inside it. What a great invention! So we are ready for all the guests coming from Queensland to meet the new addition.
I have also been doing a lot of sewing, knitting and painting.I can't stop making things for baby, it is so much fun to create and dream of the little person I am making it for. I made this quick little quilt one cold Saturday. It has an op-shopped fleece blanket on the back and was sewn up quickly with minimal measuring. So we will call it a modern baby quilt, not following any strict rules.

While I am mentioning op-shopping I have to show these shoes I got the other day for $1. I think they are the cutest thing in the world! I hope they will be the right size for when baby starts walking.

And lastly, me and the bump at 35 weeks pregnant. Feeling very full of baby. We think he/she will be great on the monkey bars because it feels like it is constantly swinging on my ribs.


Well there you go, a random post, with a lot of rambling! I will have to try and get back in the habit so my posts are more succinct. Hope you enjoyed the hapazard update. Maybe it is just showing how my pregnant brain is operating at the moment!